When Victoria was queen of England ,a woman's place was nowhere;the first sequence is stunning :an old spinster ,under the father's (a judge)watchful eye, begins a long interminable tirade about woman's submission to man;they are considered inferior and their only ambition should be marriage and the joy to obey their husbands (the father intends to choose men with good prospects for his two daughters;he even goes as far as to say he did not love their late mom when they got married!
A woman rebels:one of the girls wants a firm independence of men or at least she wants to marry someone she loves;the hints at "Romeo and Juliet" are not gratuitous:they were rebel lovers !
The movie revolves around two main lines:
-melodrama,with a predates such movies as "the old maid" and "to each his own",with all its implausibilities:the young Flora in love with the young Gerald!but it's the name of the game.
-a pre woman's lib at a time one did not even think to hire a woman as a secretary;the heroine is not still a suffragette but when the movie is over,she is still relatively young and she will probably become one.My favorite scene is when Hepburn destroys the editorial dealing with sewing and proclaims her indignation after an unwed mother takes her own life .
A beautiful portrayal of a modern woman (dig the last line,a compliment which could be returned to men too)masterfully played by the great Katharine Hepburn.
A woman rebels:one of the girls wants a firm independence of men or at least she wants to marry someone she loves;the hints at "Romeo and Juliet" are not gratuitous:they were rebel lovers !
The movie revolves around two main lines:
-melodrama,with a predates such movies as "the old maid" and "to each his own",with all its implausibilities:the young Flora in love with the young Gerald!but it's the name of the game.
-a pre woman's lib at a time one did not even think to hire a woman as a secretary;the heroine is not still a suffragette but when the movie is over,she is still relatively young and she will probably become one.My favorite scene is when Hepburn destroys the editorial dealing with sewing and proclaims her indignation after an unwed mother takes her own life .
A beautiful portrayal of a modern woman (dig the last line,a compliment which could be returned to men too)masterfully played by the great Katharine Hepburn.